Box-fastener.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX BTTGER, OF BRESLA, GERMANY.

BOX-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming" part of Letters Patent No. 665,668, dated January8, 1901. Application fi1ed January 20, 1900. Serial No. 2,196. (Nomodal.)

T0 alZ w7w7n it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX BTTGER, merohant, of Tanentzienstrasse 40,Breslau, Germany, have invented some new and usefglImprovements inFastening Devioes for Boxes;

and T declare that the foliowingis a full and clear description of thesame.

The invention relates to a new or improved fastening device for boxes,such as bat-boxes, bonnetboxes, and the 1ike.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 illustrates the fastening devicein its closed position and applied to a round box, and Fig. 2 shows thefastener in its open 01' free position and applied to a square box.

Upon the lid I) of the box et a wire or rod o s mounted in such a mannerthat it is capable of rotary motion. Both ends of the rod are bentdownward to form anms, which embrace the upper part of the body of thebox, and the extreme ends of these arms are again bent to form the hooksd, which are capable of engagng With the eyes or ferruies 6. By tnrningthe rod 0 in one direction or the other the books are either passedwithin the ferrules 3, so as to fasten the lid open the box, as shown inFig. 1, or are withdrawn from the ferrules, so that the 1id may beremoved, as represented in Fig. 2.

A handle g, which may be formed by twisting the wire or rod, isprovided, so that the turning may be easily effected. This handle Willlie fiat on the top of the box when the fastener is c1osed.

fis a handle, which is linked or attached to eyes formed in the rod orwire c. The eyes are inclined when the hook ends are in engagement withthe ferrules, whereby the weight of the box mantains the books inengagement. This handle is attached in snob a manner that the weight ofthe box tends to maintain the fastener in its closedpositon, and thusprevent accidental opening during carriage.

The fastener may be secured by a padlock or the 1ike, or a cord may bepassed through the end of a hook and be sealed.

I daim- In a fastening devioe for boxes, the combination Wth the box andits oover, of ferrules secured to the sides of the box,a wire extendingacross and hinged to the cover and having downwardly-turned hooked endsfor engaging said ferrnies,said wire having a central looped portionforming a handle for tilting the same to swing the hooked ends andhaving small loops on each side and a pivoted handle engaging said smal1loops, said small loops being arranged on an incline when the hookedends are engaging the ferrnles, whereby the weight of the box maintainssaid hooks in looking position, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowtnessgs.

' MAX BOTTGER.

Witnesses:

WILHELM WEIDNER, HERMANN BARTSCH.

